CHILVARQUER, Israel et al. Case report: keratocystic odontogenic tumor in early childhood. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. []. 2015, 69, 3, pp. 212-216. ISSN 0004-5276.

In 2005 the Keratocyst Odontogenic was renamed and reclassified to Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor by the World Health Organization. His aggressive and invasive behavior, its high postoperative recurrence rate and new molecular discoveries made possible this reclassification. This article aims to recall some concepts of this injury as well as discuss some image parameters highlighting an atypical clinical case of injury. Discussing how new technologies diagnostic imaging helps the dentist surgeon in planning and diagnosis of this type of lesion.

: oral pathology; oral radiology; cone beam computed tomography; pediatric dentistry.